How the Affordable Care Act Ruling Affected the Law’s Price

The Congressional Budget Office recalculated the cost of the Affordable Care Act, adjusting for the Supreme Court’s decision to loosen the law’s requirement that states expand Medicaid coverage. Roughly three million fewer Americans will gain health insurance as part of the health-care overhaul, according to the report.

The new report is the first federal assessment to show how the court’s decision to strike down part of the Medicaid expansion will change the contours of the law. The law is now expected to cost $84 billion less over a decade, for a total cost of $1.168 trillion during that time. . .